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Pirates Mailbag: Is it time for Tony Watson to leave the closer's role?

Welcome back, baseball fans. Andrew McCutchen helped allay concerns of his imminent decline and the loss of Gregory Polanco and Chris Stewart Monday with a walk-off home run. The Pirates are four games under .500. All questions are sic’d. If you have a question for next week’s mailbag, send it to snesbitt@post-gazette.com or to @stephenjnesbitt on Twitter.

Here we go.

Matt: Watson's struggles at the Closer position got me thinking, why/how was he so valuable/talented at the setup man position (even turning into an all star), but struggles so bad at the closer position?